After nine years of structural repairs and improvements, Connecticut’s Old New-Gate Prison & Copper Mine reopens to the public this Saturday. In 1705, the East Granby site was the first copper ...

It is the engraving he did at New-Gate of the prison itself that’s by far Brunton’s largest and most elaborate, according to Bates. It measures 20.5 inches square, he notes.

Connecticut's Old New-Gate Prison and Copper Mine, a historic landmark and state archaeological preserve, in East Granby will reopen this weekend after being closed for about nine years.

When Old New-Gate Prison – a state-funded historical site – closed along with other state parks in 2009 due to a lack of state funds, the closing was just supposed to be temporary. When state ...

Entertainment Favorite Places: Old New-Gate Prison and Copper Mine in East Granby, Conn. Published: May. 25, 2009, 9:33 a.m.